Celebrating women’s contributions to the ASAA

Natasha Naidu is the Editor of Asian Currents, Assistant Editor of the Asian Studies Review, and Digital Officer of the Asian Studies Association of Australia. In this post she draws the series to a conclusion through a reflection on the contributions made. Read the other posts in this series celebrating women’s contributions to the ASAA […]

Virginia Matheson Hooker AM is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political & Social Change, College of Asia and the Pacific, at the Australian National University. In this post, she reflects on what the ASAA has given her over the years. Read the other posts in this series celebrating women’s contributions to the ASAA here.

Enid Bishop (later Enid Gibson) was actively engaged in the establishment of the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) together with other luminaries of the Asian Studies fraternity, A L Basham, Wang Gungwu, John Legge, Tony Reid and Jamie Mackie.[1] The origins of the ASAA go back to the 28 International Congress of Orientalists (ICO)

Anne Platt is the Assistant Editor of the Asian Studies Review. In this post, she reflects on the transformation of the Asian Studies Review over the 25 years she has been involved with the journal. Read the other posts in this series celebrating women’s contributions to the ASAA here. Tell us about how you became

Louise Edwards is Emeritus Scientia Professor of Chinese History at the University of New South Wales and was the 2015-16 President of the ASAA. In this post she describes how the ASAA became her “academic family”. Read the other posts in the series celebrating women’s contributions to the ASAA here. What roles did you hold

Dr Amrita Malhi is a Historian of Southeast Asia, with a primary interest in Islam, shifting identities and identity conflict in colonial Malaya and contemporary Malaysia. She was the ASAA Secretary from 2013 to 2016. In this post, she considers how the ASAA can connect with a far-reaching research network. Read the other posts in